New Street Lighting Construction Started in Middleport
The Middleport village council approved and started installing a modern 500 candlepower street lighting system by the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. The project includes 29 lights on specified streets with overhang clearances and will be funded by village electricity charges. A push is on to extend lighting to Locust Street and Route 7 area on Third Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Rutland St
Mill St
Mill
Locust Ay
Frank Vroman
Vroman
Third Ave
Locust St
Severe Rains Spur Soil Erosion and Dairy Pricing Debate
Meigs County faces topsoil loss from two weeks of heavy rains. The Meigs Soil Conservation District warns half the topsoil may be washed away. The Ohio Department article warns dairy markets may lack fair pricing amid organized groups and regulation debates, with studies on production costs and lime use guiding farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Overholt
Christian
Dairy Advisory Committee of Dairy Research
Colvin Ruled Sane After Hospital Report
Joan W. Colvin, arraigned April 24 on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses, has been judged sane per Lima State Hospital. A letter from Superintendent R. E. Bushong says she is responsible for her behavior and tends to lie. Deputies took her to Marysville to fetch her to Pomeroy. authorities allege she swindled parishioners by posing as a minister’s wife seeking funds for a California trip, claiming an heir to a $40,000 ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Joan W. Colvin
Lima State Hospital
H. Peoples
R. E. Bushong
Frank Clark
Miss Colvin
California
Jesse Reeves
John M. Reeves
C. F. Dixon
Hysell Family Reunion Held at Rising Park
A Hysell family reunion gathered Sunday at Rising Park lan caster for Mr. and Mrs. BE W Hysell of Lincoln Hill. Attendees included Roy Wilson and daughter Evelyn Irvin Berkshire Zanesville Pearl Ralph and daughter Althea Elmer Schmink and children Carroll Tommy Winford Ellis Billie Springfield Harold Hysell Cecil Wooley and two sons Stephen Stanley Columbus William Karr Rochelle Homer Hysell Robert Hysell and daughter Sharon Lynn and Leo Bryan and daughter Bonnie Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Hysell
Cecil Wooley
Stephen
Stanley
Columbus
William Karr
Rochelle, Ill
Homer Hysell
Robert Hysell
Sharon Lynn
Leo Bryan
Bonnie
Pomeroy
Eastern Star Set to Initiate Sept. 9 Meeting
After the recess, the Eastern Star chapter in Harrisonville will hold an initiation on the evening of September 9, announced Worthy Matron Bernice Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Eastern Star Chapter
Harrisonville
Bernice Porter
Social Notes Highlight Family Visits and Local News
Middleport notes show Mrs. R H Rawlings hosting a large dinner at Mary Jane Coffee Shop with many relatives from Cuba Racine Pomeroy and beyond attending. Other items report travels, visits, and local job changes including school appointments and hospital updates.
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Middleport
R. H. Rawlings
Mary Jane
Richard Rawlins
Mary
Ann
Susan
Cuba
George Barr
Richard Rawlings
Mary Ann
Robert Rawlings
Richard
Nancy Sue
Howard K. Ewing
Nancy Ewing
Deanna
Natalie
Local hosts entertain wide circle at N Second Ave apartment
Mr. and Mrs. Charles McMaster and C. B. Smith hosted relatives at their N Second Ave apartment. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. William McGuire from Kingsport Tennessee, Miss Jean McMaster of Columbus, Mrs. Laura Handley of Glouster, and others including Mr. and Mrs. Robert McMaster and Mr. and Mrs. Jones in Gallipolis. The MecMasters and Mr. Smith were joined by Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Oakes of Villa Grove Illinois briefly, en route from Charleston for John Oakes's funeral, with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grueser of Parkersburg also visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Boyd
Combus
Charles Walter
Boyd
Isaly
J. Phillip Joachim, Jr
Dayton
Elizabeth
Phyllis Joachim
Cincinnati
Blanco
Covington
Point Pleasant
Ohio
U. S. Grant
Mary Frame
Crook
Middleport High School
Robert McDowell
Margaret Lallance
Columbus
Ernest Lallance
Charles Capehart
Charleston
Austin Ball
Nelsonville
Thomas Longstaff
Herman Ohlinger
Alberta Bennett
Jesse J. Eads
Robert Tompkins
University of Chicago
E. R. Tompkins
S. Second Ave
Fritz Detlefson
George Chapman
Sandusky
Badger Co
WVOW
Chas
Swindler
Sue
Faye Root Richards
Hez Root
Bob
Frank
D. S. Farmer
Dan Farmer
Blanche Carpenter
C. H. Wise, Jr
Charles McMaster
C. B. Smith
N. Second Ave
William McGuire
Mary Lou McMaster
Kingsport
Tenn
Jean McMaster
Laura Handley
Glouster
McMaster
Smith
Robert MecMaster
Miss Emma Juhling Visits Columbus Guests
Miss Emma Juhling of New York City, guest of her brother and sister-in-law W. H. Juhling and Minnie Beverage, left Sunday for Columbus to stay with Mrs. 8 P. Deyo at the Deshler-Wallick Hotel. She was honored with several informal parties during her visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Juhling
New York City
W. H. Juhling
Minnie Beverage
Columbus
8. P. Deyo
Huntington
W. Va
Deshler-Wallick Hotel
Miss Juhling
Birthday Picnic At McIntosh Bary Home In Mason City
A family picnic Aug. 31 at the summer home of Harriett McIntosh Bary in Mason City W Va celebrated the birthdays of Mrs Clara Pearl Grueser and Frances Phillips. Attendees included numerous relatives and friends from Minersville Middleport Rittman Crooksville Ravenswood Pomeroy and Canton among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriett McIntosh Bary
Riley McIntosh
Mason City
W. Va
Clara Pearl Grueser
Frances Phillips
Adolph Greuser
Jimmie
Sandra
Sharon
Minersville
Charles Greuser
Eddie
Becky
Charles McMaster
Middleport
Laura Handley
Grouster
Pearl Phillips
Otto Hartenbach
Dorothy
Bob
William Phillips
Connie Sue
Rittman
Ohio
Tom Riggs
George McIntosh
Riley and
Barton
Newell
Riley Riggs
Crooksville
Paul Anderson
Dee
Cora Martine
Ravenswood
Raymond Fisher
Pomeroy
Arthur Laughlin
Chester
W.va
Robert McIntosh
Martha
Ruth
Charles Blenner
Mason
Elizabeth McIntosh
Charleston
Alfred Groeckner
Canton
Family Reunion Closes Rutland Home Gathering
Children of Mr and Mrs Herbert Miller held an all day reunion at their home near Rutland with a warm family gathering and shared memories about kin and farming life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Miller
Rutland
Class Meets For Picnic At Enterprise Church
The Live Wire Class of the Enterprise church held an all day picnic at the home of Alice Frick. Eight members and 16 guests shared a noon lawn dinner, followed by an afternoon business session led by president Alice Frick.
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Della McIntosh
Mrs. Gillspie
Ruby Frick
Linda and
Jerry
Lois Sutton
Clara Karr
Agnes Dixon
Wilma Stobart
Bernice Brown
Joe
Lillie Smith
Agnes Weeks
John R. Weeks
Harriet McIntosh
Anna Shoemaker
Betty Amos
Gilmore Rites To Be Friday
Funeral for Ines Giles Gilmore 93 will be Friday at 2 30 p m at Ewing Funeral Home with burial in Beech Grove Cemetery Friends may call Thursday evening She is survived by a son Herbert Giles Pomeroy a daughter Nancy Efaw Columbus seven grandchildren 15 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren She was a United Methodist Church member of Pomeroy The trumpet bird of South America is named from its sound it utters It rarely flies but runs very fast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ines Giles Gilmore
Ewing Funeral Home
Beech Grove
South America
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Quick
Drury's
Meigs County
Ohio Department of Agriculture
C. F. Christian
Ohio State University
Cornell University
R. H. Baker
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Ers
Ohio Agricultural
Wooster
E. FE. Barnes
Chester, Ohio
Dutton
Greyhound Bus Station
Joan Colvin
Hysell
OES
The
Rathburn
Robin Hood
Vogue Shoe Shop
Omeroy, Ohio
Middleport Social Notes
Conrad Ohlinger
Michael
Wilma
Earl
Elwood Bowers
Janet
Shirley
Danny
James Reed
David
Herbert L. Miller
Claudia
Loretta
Racine
Frank Newbauer
New Jersey
Herbert Glaze
Charlotte
John Michaels
William Miller
Roger Miller
Harold Vories
Marie
Vanceburg
James Burris
Ray Baker
Sydney
QO. Hindy
Esther Blackwell
Jean Lockett
R. J. Blackwell
Oliver St
Oran
Gilmore
Someroy Bend Theaters
Meigs
Claudia and
Dorothy McGuire
Robert Young
Mary Astor
John Sutton Gail Patrick Rose Hobart
Calcutta
Alan Ladd
William Bendix
Gail Russell
Jane Duprez
Bendvue Pomeroy
Triple Bill
Old
Sacramento
Bill Elliott
Panama Patrol
Leon Ames
Colegrove
Adel
Esses
Mercedes Condon
Western Union
Pomeroy, Ohio
Dorothy Korby
Dickie
Dress Shop
Pickens
Sparton Radio
Sparton Modern
Sparton
O. Schmoll
Furniture and Appliance
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